The Tudors Trivia
From six wives to the Spanish Armada, prove you're more than just a head on a spike in this Tudor history challenge.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
The second wife of Henry VIII, which queen was executed in 1536 and was the mother of future monarch Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn
Which monarch founded this dynasty in 1485 after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the Wars of the Roses?
Henry VII
What famous mnemonic rhyme summarizes the chronological fates of King Henry VIII’s six wives?
Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived
Which playwright became the defining figure of the Elizabethan ‘golden age’ with works like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Originally named the Pelican, Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe aboard which 120-ton galleon between 1577 and 1580?
Golden Hind